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Good input everyone. On my 4Runner I have always sprayed it down, especially the under carriage, and run it through a touchless car wash if I ever drove it on salty roads. Luckily that's only a few times a year where I'm located so it's like brand new top to bottom. I honestly want to have it...

I haven't been wild about the new models, they've lost that something that made the 3rd gens special. I keep hoping they'll build a bad to the bone 4Runner with a V8, but until then me and the mighty 3rd gen will ride on. I've considered an LS swap, but seems the 4WD system is in the way and I'm...

Man I bet you regret selling that 4Runner. Rare 5 speed with rear locker and leather! Mine's an SR5 with leather (not sure how that even happened) but being a 2002 it's an auto. I wish it was a manual. I put a Detroit Truetrac in my rear diff many years ago and that works great. I had a very...

You sir are the winner, LOL. I'm unable to find Euro locally so I've been running the M1 Euro 0W-40 in the Hellcat. 3K mile OCI is kinda like saying the world is flat isn't it LOL?

Handy how the no longer make the 0W-40 PP in 5 quart jugs either.

4Runner will need valve cover gaskets eventually. I've run Penzoil Platinum synthetic 5W30 in it for it's life at 1 year intervals, so we'll see how the top end looks when I do the service.

Yep, thanks for the responses. This confirms what I figured. Multitude of different vehicles, various places, different oils, and all the same result. Bigger things to worry about it seems.

I have a Challenger Hellcat, the owner's manual stipulates a 6 mos oil change max interval for time. I know people personally who had their warranties voided/denied for not following it. Seems like BS to me, but it's happened. It was a big deal over on the HC forums.

Well, I think "long" in terms of OCI is perceived as 10K miles for most people, at least that I talk to. The time thing has become a metric as well it seems. Most owner's manuals I see for US vehicles call for some mileage "or 6 months whichever comes first". This kinda made me chuckle. How many...

I've visited here for years (old SN Speedy1975), loads of great info. People seem to agonize over OCI, oil types, etc, and I'm curious if anyone has a vehicle they've actually owned for say more than 10 years that would back up their OCI and oil choices? When I went to a once a year oil change...

I did some searching but only found a couple older threads on classic cars and a mention or two of a raced Miata that talked about the effect of leaded fuel on UOA. Does anyone have experience with how much of an impact running leaded fuel has? If universal average is 5 (random number) and you...

Air filter is a Purolator brand filter.

Originally Posted By: 440Magnum Originally Posted By: Speedy1975 The Penzoil Platinum was head and shoulders above reducing lead to the same magnitude as it did in the Honda. Or maybe it just made the lead come off in bigger particles that don't show up in a regular UOA.... ;-) Count me in...

I've been running a test on various motor oils in a 1999 Honda Accord that sees a lot of miles. I was curious if one oil was really better than another. I tested each oil for right at 10,000 miles using the same oil filter. The drive was the same with about a 50/50 split of city and highway for...

This is a car that sees A LOT of miles (2000 to 2500 monthly) so my main goal here is to make it as cheap to operate as possible within reason. I like the 10K OCI and based on previous analysis a filter change every other oil change is A OK as well for 20K miles on the Purolator PureOne filter...

I've been running various oils in the Accord beater to see how they fared. This may not be the most scientific test, but it is kinda interesting to see how wear changes with different oils. I started with Castrol GTX 10W30 which did pretty well considering I ran it 10,000 miles...

Originally Posted By: Steve S Originally Posted By: Speedy1975 2009 Challenger R/T 6speed manual Forged motor built Shop that built the motor says to run 15W50 however, they're a race shop so I'm not sure they think outside of track use and I just street drive this beast. 15W50 seems too...

Ok, called the shop, asked about the 15W50 and winter time and the guy said "just run 15W50 it doesn't get cold enough in TN to worry about it". He didn't go in to details on why 15W50. I did find 15W50 at a local Wal-Mart. $22.50 for a 5qt tub is a good deal for this oil. However, as one...

I've not been able to find the 15W50 M1 in 5quart jugs. Where are you guys finding it?